Rabia al‑Adawiyya

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Rabia al‑Adawiyya was an 8th-century Muslim mystic and early Sufi saint renowned for her teachings on selfless, unconditional love of God.

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Rabia al-Adawiyya 47 0
Rabi'a al-Adawiyya 0 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theologian
Muslim saint
Sufi mystic
woman
approximateBirthCentury 8th century
associatedWith Basra school of early Sufism
centuryOfActivity 8th century
commemoratedAs early Sufi saint
countryOfOrigin Iraq
culturalContext early Abbasid-era Iraq
denomination Sufism
emphasized love of God for God’s sake alone
worship without fear of hell
worship without hope of paradise
era Islamic Golden Age
fieldOfWork Islamic mysticism
spiritual ethics
theology of divine love
gender female
hasRole ascetic
saint
teacher
influenced Islamic concepts of divine love
female spirituality in Islam
later Sufi mystics
influencedBy Muhammad
surface form: Prophet Muhammad

Quran
knownFor ascetic lifestyle
concept of unconditional divine love
early development of Sufi piety
teachings on selfless love of God
language Arabic
legacy inspiration for Sufi poetry
model of female sainthood in Islam
subject of many Sufi anecdotes
movement Sufism
notableIdea disinterested piety
mahabbat Allah (love of God)
pure intention in worship
placeOfOrigin Basra
practiced asceticism
mystical devotion
regionOfActivity Basra
Iraq
religion Islam
veneratedIn Sufism
surface form: Sufi orders

Sunni Islam

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Arabic literature hasNotableAuthor Rabia al‑Adawiyya
this entity surface form: Rabi'a al-Adawiyya
Sufism hasNotableFigure Rabia al‑Adawiyya